Denis Coderre at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

I must admit that this morning it seems as though you are stuck in a holding pattern. I believe that Air Canada must comply with the act but the reality is that the government can present a legal opinion claiming that Air Canada is in compliance with the act. We are unable to make the distinction between heavy maintenance and level one maintenance. We are not talking about an oil change but about taking an aircraft apart and putting it back together.

I would like to speak briefly about the legal aspect of the problem. Essentially, there are two realities: the legal issue and the political issue, which I will come back to.